Governor:Gov. Gary Herbert
(R) defeated
businessman Peter
Cooke (D) by 68.41% to 27.58%; also running were Kirk Pearson
(Const.) and Ken Larsen (L). U.S.
Senate: Sen. Orrin
Hatch
(R) defeated former Sen. Majority Leader Scott Howell (D)
by 65.31% to 29.98% and 3.17% for Shaun
McCausland
(Const.) with Daniel
Geery
(Just.) and Bill
Barron (I) rounding out the field.U.S. House: Utah
gained one House seat. In the
2nd CD (Southwestern third of the state), consultant, author and
former Air Force pilot Chris
Stewart (R)
defeated union activist and former state Rep. Jay Seegmiller (D) by
62.17% to
32.47%; and the remainder to three other candidates. In the new
4th CD (Salt Lake City), Saratoga
Springs Mayor Mia Love (R)attracted national attention in her
campaign against
perennial target Rep. Jim
Matheson
(D) but lost by 768 votes, 119,803 (48.84%) to 119,035
(48.53%) and 2.63% to Jim Vein (L); this was the second closest race in
the country.State Legislature:All 75 House seats and 16 of
29 Senate
seats were up. Republicans kept solid majorities
in both chambers. The House went from 58R, 17D
to 61R, 14D and Senate
22R, 7D to 24R, 5D. Ballot Measures: Utah
voters
very
narrowly
approved
Constitutional Amendment A on severance
taxes, and approved Constitutional Amendment B, exempting military
personnel from paying property taxes, by a comfortable margin.

Overview:Strongly conservative
Utah, headquarters of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church), threw
solid
support behind Mitt Romney, providing him with a plurality of
488,787 votes (48.04 percentage points--his widest percentage margin of
any state). Romney also gained a boost from Utah volunteers
mobilized to help in battleground
states, particularly Nevada, and from $9.2 million in contributions
(FEC). There were a few visits: Romney (June 8; major donor
retreat June
22-24; Sept. 18), Ryan (Sept. 5) and Biden (July 10-11).
Utah is also the base of Justice
Party presidential candidate Rocky Anderson, the former mayor of Salt
Lake City, and the headquarters of former Gov. Gary Johnson's
campaign. Obama
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2008
OverviewMcCain-Palin won Utah by
a solid plurality of 268,360 votes (28.17 percentage points).
McCain carried 26 counties. In Salt Lake County, Obama edged
McCain by 176,988 votes to 176,692; Obama also carried Summit and Grand
Counties. None of the major party candidates visited in the
Fall. Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin achieved his
highest percentage of any state at 1.26%.Obama/Allies
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2000
OverviewSolidly Republican
Utah
went solidly for Bush-Cheney, producing a plurality of 312,043 votes
(40.49
percentage points). Bush carried all 29 counties. Democrats
did, however, pick up a House seat in the 2nd district.